When they failed the Ulster Unionist ministers resigned - triggering a seven day deadline.
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When they failed to do so, the government had no choice but to step in.
But when they failed to return, India's Supreme Court ruled Italy's ambassador was barred from leaving the country.
The hosts squandered a certain try on six minutes when they failed to convert a three-on-one and allowed Richard Whiting to intercept.
But he resigned in 2001 when they failed to qualify for the final of the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan.
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However, when they failed to garner any meaningful international support for their war in Iraq, the decision was made to go forward on our own.
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Viewers who knew only an attention-grabbing siren met a hardworking, self-made, empathetic single mother, who got emotional when contestants did well and when they failed.
But despite clocking the world's second fastest ever time in the 4x100m, there was slight feeling of disappointment when they failed to set a new mark.
However Bolton almost became the architects of their own downfall when they failed to clear and presented the ball to Martin Laursen, whose shot cannoned to safety off the post.
He made a few million more side deals and various criminal schemes, but he paid the ultimate price for having his name on the partnership documents when they failed.
But West Ham's leveller stunned them and they soon found themselves behind when they failed to defend a corner, Matthew Upson heading back across goal for Neill to finish smartly.
That's what more than a third of the company's shareholders told the Vodafone executive when they failed to vote in favor of the company's option scheme at the annual general meeting on July 25.
Stokes could have profited from confusion in the Dons defence before the break when they failed to deal with a long ball upfield from Ma-Kalambay - but the Irishman could only head woefully wide.
After promising not to extradite their leaders for drug crimes, Mr Uribe ended up doing so when they failed to co-operate (Mr Santos may be tempted to do the same if the FARC fail to keep their promises).
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Ireland were further punished in the 45th minute when they failed to take Mitchell out of the game, and as the winger stayed on his feet, his support players pushed him over the line for the try.
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The Cameroonians came under sustained pressure before a capacity 35, 000 crowd at the Hilal Stadium and fell behind when they failed to clear and the ball fell kindly for Osunwa to stab it past goalkeeper Daouda Kassali.
Global chains like Starbucks were surprised when they failed to take root in Australian cities, seeming not to have noticed there was a fully formed coffee scene already in place and some very fussy customers to contend with.
Will the expatriates make a difference this time when they have failed so many times before?
Wales were once the best supported team in Europe during the Mark Hughes era when they narrowly failed to qualify for the Euro 2004 finals.
Democrats, including President Barack Obama, have criticized carried-interest rules, though they have failed when they have tried to repeal them.
People will get kicked off their insurance because the insurance company has decided what they have is actually a preexisting condition that they failed to report when they got the insurance.
What came clear in some of the testimony was that when they were reprimanded, either they had failed to generate enough profit for the firm in a particular transaction, they hadn't generated enough revenue for the firm or they hadn't demonstrated that they were smarter than the guy on the other side of the trade.
But they failed when they tried to rapidly expand a flawed business model.
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And when that failed, they would shut down plants turning out Edsels that sold poorly and build brand new plants.
"All around the world individuals feel great shame when they know that others know that they have failed to be adequately modest, " Prof Fessler says.
Politicians usually become infatuated with Hollywood only when they have to disguise failed policies with star power: the decline of the Clinton presidency can be dated from the time when the celebrities started outnumbering the Ivy League professors at White House dinners.
They appeared to have used all their magic in one dose when, in Euro 96, they failed to make an impact, but heads were again turned in the World Cup two years ago.
When those pumps failed, they switched to seawater in a last-ditch attempt to keep temperatures down.
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